A random walk in physics : beyond black holes and time-travels / Massimo Cencini, Andrea Puglisi, Davide Vergni, Angelo Vulpiani.
Cencini, Massimo, author.; Puglisi, Andrea, author.; Vergni, Davide, author.; Vulpiani, A., author.
2021
QC24.5 .C45 2021eb
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Title A random walk in physics : beyond black holes and time-travels / Massimo Cencini, Andrea Puglisi, Davide Vergni, Angelo Vulpiani.
Author Cencini, Massimo, author.
ISBN 9783030725310 (electronic bk.)
3030725316 (electronic bk.)
3030725308
9783030725303
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72531-0
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-72531-0 doi
Call Number QC24.5 .C45 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 530
Summary This book offers an informal, easy-to-understand account of topics in modern physics and mathematics. The focus is, in particular, on statistical mechanics, soft matter, probability, chaos, complexity, and models, as well as their interplay. The book features 28 key entries and it is carefully structured so as to allow readers to pursue different paths that reflect their interests and priorities, thereby avoiding an excessively systematic presentation that might stifle interest. While the majority of the entries concern specific topics and arguments, some relate to important protagonists of science, highlighting and explaining their contributions. Advanced mathematics is avoided, and formulas are introduced in only a few cases. The book is a user-friendly tool that nevertheless avoids scientific compromise. It is of interest to all who seek a better grasp of the world that surrounds us and of the ideas that have changed our perceptions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 1, 2021).
Added Author Puglisi, Andrea, author.
Vergni, Davide, author.
Vulpiani, A., author.
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A sort of introduction
Random walk
Atoms
Big data
Boltzmann
- Brownian motion
Chaos
Complexity measures
Computers, algorithms, and simulations
Determinism
Einstein
Entropy
Fermi
Fractals
Information theory
Irreversibility
Kolmogorov
Laplace
Laws, levels of descriptions, and models
Maxwell- Mesocscale systems
Poincaré
Prediction
Probability
Richardson
Statistical mechanics
Turbulence
universality
Volterra
von Neumann
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